WorkRise 2023 Request for Proposals: Informational Webinar

WorkRise’s first 2023 Request for Proposals (RFP) will award $3 million across research projects and pilots that build actionable insights for improving US labor market practices and policies. This informational webinar is for interested applicants.

WorkRise funds scholars and practitioners on the frontiers of understanding and improving economic mobility in the US labor force, particularly for Black workers and other historically disadvantaged segments of the labor force.

We strongly encourage projects that build meaningful engagements and partnerships with diverse stakeholder groups—workers, employers, organizers, community organizations and institutions, and local, state, and national public agencies—to inform research designs, test approaches, disseminate findings, and build trust and consensus around findings. Collaborations that build the capacities of diverse scholars from less resourced and traditionally underrepresented institutions will be received with particular interest.